* Doh! Path sizes need to be computed recursively of course.

  (NIX-70)

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index ed1b1a84a44c..3a626dedae98 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -528,12 +528,8 @@ void collectGarbage(GCAction action, const PathSet & pathsToDelete,
 
         /* If just returning the set of dead paths, we also return the
            space that would be freed if we deleted them. */
-        if (action == gcReturnDead) {
-            struct stat st;
-            if (lstat(i->c_str(), &st) == -1)
-                st.st_size = 0;
-            bytesFreed += st.st_size;
-        }
+        if (action == gcReturnDead)
+            bytesFreed += computePathSize(*i);
 
         if (action == gcDeleteDead || action == gcDeleteSpecific) {